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pLT;»k in flie Paufjjkor Treaty (20tLi January, lB7i), and. Inter on \n that 
year, by stattoufji*^; BritUli ReaiiloiitH in Perak and iSr-hlnf^or, and in the srnall 
htiiic of Sunj,'ei Ujimg, to advise tliPir rulers rfespectitij^ tiie foilctdion of 
revenue and irutieral adminiatratiou. With a view ixim to cnaldo tho HritisK 
aiillioritios t;i kGCf) order and prevent tiuiufj:glitig in that part of the PoninenlaJ 
;i strip of lanil f^ontti (tf Proviune Widk'ylfV, bevoii!l tJie Erian river, of ahont 
10 m)U*R broad, was atjcjnirod a.^ Britisth territory; and alsii a nnndl portion of 
tcrriiory on tho nminlantl, (ippoHite the iahiud of Panfjkor, which had previojis- 
ly been ceded Id m, to Huppresa piracy and without any idm of settlement 
in a Treaty witli Pi-rak of 1825. 
'rowards the end of IHTG, iSir William Jkhvois beinp; then Governor, Mr, 
Biucn, the lirst British Hesiilont at Prrak, was murdered (2nd November, 
l^iTr*), and a ibree t^eot to apprehcud the ninrderera was rmstcri ; ami, about 
the same Time, the Keaidoney m iSutigei Ujong \vm menat;e<l bv bodieH of 
Malays from aooie of tho States near Malacca. Troops were obtained froui 
India atid Chinas a naval bri^jfade wna landed, and Perak \vm fully own pied 
(January, i87'j). During the previous moritli a military and naval foree had 
already driven the enemy from a stroni^atuckaded position in the hills between 
hJri Mi^nanti and Suts^^ei Ujong, and disperseri the malcontents in that neigh- 
bourhood Durini; these operations, biGlitngor remained quiet. 
Those eoncerned in the murder of Mr. Brnctr were captured and punished, 
the ynltan aud some of the Chiefs being banished. Peace and order have 
since been mahitjiined in all the Western iStates, and, ho far aa is known, 
throughout the Peninsula : a remarkable contrast with the state of thiru;f» 
prevailing tio recently as 187;1 On the cu^ssation of hostilitiosi in Perak (which 
liad throughout been on a very small wcale) it was finally laid down in Lord 
CARN'AnvoN'.s despatch of 1st June, 1870, that the Protected States, without 
being either directly aunexod or governed by " Commissioners," might continue 
to receive asijistance in their atlministration from British OflBccrs styled "Iteai- 
denta." Since then, in Pt-rakj i^^langor, and Suugei L'jong, Eeaideuts havo 
been wtationed uninterru])tedly, and have not needed any Military support. 
They arc assmted by a stall' comprising both native aud European officers, and 
it is their duty to aid the native rulers by advice, and to carry out the ordinary 
executive functioua, which are delegated to them. Supreme authority in PSrak 
and Sclaugor is vested in the State Council, consisting^ in each State, of th€i 
Malay Chief, the highest native {authorities, and the principjd British officials. 
The Eesidents are directly under the Governor of the Straits Settlemeote. It 
is admitted that great success hati hitherto attended the development of Sir 
AiTDBEw Clabke's experiment. 
